The following costs are for Ball State students working on bachelor's degrees, associate degrees, undergraduate certificates, or taking 100- to 400-level courses via online. This also applies to students taking Ball State courses in the Greater Indianapolis area. This information is meant to help you estimate your education expenses.

Types of Costs

As an online and distance education student, your total cost per semester includes:

basic tuition or credit hour fees

technology fee

program or course fee (applicable for some, but not all, students)

Note

If you take one or more courses on Ball State’s main campus in Muncie, Indiana, during a semester or term, you are required to pay the main campus rate, which includes additional fees for student services, health, and recreation.

If you use a credit or debit card, you will be charged an extra 2.75 percent of your total bill. This is the fee passed on from the credit card companies to Ball State for processing. If you do not wish to be charged this fee, you might want to consider other payment methods.

This does not impact most of our online and distance students. However, a few students in blended programs take all online courses one semester but may choose to take a few on campus. Any semester where you take on-campus courses, you will be charged additional fees.

The following costs are for Ball State students working on master’s, specialist, or doctoral degrees, graduate certificates, educator license, or taking 500-level or higher courses via online. This also applies to distance education students in the Greater Indianapolis area.

This information is meant to help you estimate your education expenses.

Types of Costs

As an online and distance education student, your total cost per semester includes:

basic tuition or credit-hour fees

technology fee

program or course fee (for some but not all, courses)

Note

If you take one or more courses on Ball State’s main campus in Muncie, Indiana, during a semester or term, you are required to pay the main campus rate, which includes additional fees for student services, health, and recreation.

If you use a credit or debit card, you will be charged an extra 2.75 percent of your total bill. This is the fee passed on from the credit card companies to Ball State for processing. If you do not wish to be charged this fee, you might want to consider other payment methods.

This does not impact most of our online and distance students. However, a few students in blended programs take all online courses one semester but may choose to take a few on campus. Any semester where you take on-campus courses, you will be charged additional on-campus fees.

The Ball State University Board of Trustees reserves the right to change the tuition, fees, and other charges for any semester or term. Fees do not cover the cost of textbooks and other learning materials required in courses.